Karen Nash

Because the category is so broad, Dr. Wu says it's impossible to generalize about the effect the products have on the skin barrier function. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that manufacturers are not required to test for the safety or efficacy of their products.

In general, women tend to do a lot more wet work; they are exposed to more detergents and things that are used in household cleaning products that cause the nails to become more brittle.

Dr. Wright thinks business should be more important during training than a seminar offered sporadically.

Munster, Ind. - Gray's Anatomy and Hollinhead's Anatomy for the Surgeons have been physicians' resources for decades, but new research being done may redefine some of the basics doctors have taken for granted.

A recent two-year study in Florida indicated that patients were 10 times more likely to suffer complications, even death, if their surgery was performed in an office settingrather than an ambulatory surgical center.

A leading dermatologist who helped identify the HIV virus in the early 1980s recently told the American Academy of Dermatology that medical dermatologists may be squeezed out of existence, at least partially, because

Americans are getting barely half of the appropriate medical care they should be getting - that's the analysis of a study released recently in the New England Journal of Medicine. Through patient interviews and reviews of medical records of 30 medical conditions for thousands of patients in 12 metropolitan centers around the country, researchers determined that patients get the appropriate care just 54 percent of the time. That percentage can vary from 40 percent for alcohol dependency to 78 percent for senile cataracts.

As the son of a university president, D. Edgar Allen always knew education was important and that he would get a doctorate of some sort. He didn't know that his choice of medicine would lead him to become involved in the political process -the Utah state senate -to defend assaults on his chosen field.

Albert Kligman, M.D., has experienced a life immersed in discovery and controversy, as well as accidental openings that have led him to a career of fulfillment and service.

There was little in his childhood in Washington, D.C., to indicate that Haines Ely's future would take him to a career as a dermatologist/dermatopathologist, with a weekly radio talk show that deals often in metaphysics and alternative medicines. He also leads trips to visit a faith healer in Brazil.

Jan D. Vandersloot, M.D., almost couldn't help being deeply immersed in the fields of medicine and conservation, mostly due to a family history rich in both of them.

g? Carolina, several medical practices that deal in cosmetic procedures have worked out deals with their managed care companies to provide discounts on cosmetic procedures for their patients who are members of those particular managed care programs.

San Francisco - People do not just want to look younger, they actually want to be younger and to live longer, healthier lives. While that may not be a chronological possibility, it does give a boost to the newer interests of anti-aging medicine discussed at the Anti-Aging Symposium, held here.